Hunter, Midwives and Medicalisation
A student post by Iona Tytler, studying for an MSc in Gender History at the University of Glasgow. William Hunter’s pioneering work ‘The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus’ was published in 1774 and detailed the human uterus at various stages of pregnancy. (GB 247 MS Hunter 658 (Az.1.4) The item pictured above is one… Continue reading